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Advancers

Albany International Corp.
AIN, -1.02%
shares rose 3% after the company said it plans to repatriate about $69.7 million in foreign earnings under the American Jobs Creation Act. The estimated income tax expense from the repatriation is approximately $4.4 million, or 14 cents a share, which be recorded in the third quarter.

Analex Corp.
NLX
shares gained 7.2% after the company won a three-year contract extension of its deal with NASA. The space agency exercised a $65 million contract option.

Arel Communications & Software
ARLC
shares soared 35% after the company said its audit committee has approved a plan to go private. The proposed plan would entail the repurchase of Arel's shares by the company at $1.50 a share. If the proposed transaction goes through, Arel said it expects to have fewer than 300 shareholders of record.

Shares of BindView Development Corp.
BVEW
jumped 10.3% after the information technology security compliance software company agreed to be acquired by Symantec
SYMC, +0.43%
for $209 million, or $4 a share in cash. The deal, which valued BindView shares at a 14% premium to Friday's closing price, is expected to close during the first quarter of 2006. Meanwhile, the company had warned that third-quarter revenue will fall short of expectations. BindView now expects revenue of $17.7 million to $18.1 million vs. its prior forecast of $19 million to $21 million.

Blue Dolphin Energy
BDCO, +5.33%
shares rose 5.8% after the natural gas transportation company said its Blue Dolphin Pipe Line subsidiary into gas and condensate transportation pact with a new customer. The company expects services will begin in the fourth quarter.

Cavalry Bancorp Inc.
CAVB
shares gained 15.3% after the company agreed to be acquired by Pinnacle Financial Partners
PNFP, -0.14%
in a $175.5 million deal to create the No. 2 banking firm in Tennessee. Pinnacle said it would pay 0.95 a share of its stock for each share of Cavalry in a deal that values the company at $23.92 a share. The price amounts to a premium of 22% over Cavalry's Friday price. Pinnacle said the deal will add to its 2006 net income, excluding charges. Pinnacle shares fell 4% on the news.

Shares of Charlotte Russe Holdings
CHIC
jumped 12% after the company was upgraded at Wachovia to outperform from market perform due to improving margins.

Delphi Corp.
DPH, +0.00%
shares added 4% after the company said it expects its closing third-quarter cash balance to be more than $1.6 billion. Delphi also confirmed that it will make its regular monthly payments to its suppliers on or about Oct. 4, as contractually scheduled. The Troy, Mich.-based auto parts supplier said it didn't make a voluntary repayment on a portion of its borrowings under its $1.8 billion revolving credit facility so that it could maintain liquidity as it worked on its transformation strategy.

Diamond Offshore
DO, +4.08%
shares surged 3% after Banc of America raised its rating on the stock to buy from neutral.

Dollar General Corp.
DG, +0.10%
shares tacked on 2% after the company plans to repurchase up to 10 million shares. The stock buyback authorization expires Sept. 30, 2006, the Goodletsville, Tenn.-based discount retailer said.

DRS Technologies
DRS
gained 2% after the company received a $22 million contract to deliver embedded diagnostics systems for the Army's Bradley Fighting Vehicle.

Entergy
ETR, -0.17%
shares rose 2% after the company was upgraded at UBS to outperform from neutral.

Fairchild Corp.
FA, +4.00%
shares added almost 8% after the company said its chief financial officer, John Flynn, has resigned effective Oct. 1. He will remain with the company as senior vice president, tax. The company has named James Fox as its new CFO.

Hoku Scientific
HOKU
shares leapt 16% after the company aid the U.S. Navy has exercised two options valued at $2.5 million in the company's fuel cell demonstration contract.

Lannet Co.
LCI, +5.28%
shares added 6.2% after the company's abbreviated new drug application for its Danazol capsules, a generic version of Danocrine, a hormone drug that slow the production of estrogen, helping with conditions such as endometriosis and menorrhagia.

Lexar Media
LEXR
shares leapt 18.8% after the company was upgraded at J.P. Morgan to overweight from neutral, citing the company's recent deal to expand its licensing agreement with Sony.

Linear Technology
LLTC, -0.40%
rose 2.3% after the company was upgraded at Deutsche Bank to buy from hold.

Maxim Integrated Products
MXIM, -0.28%
tacked on 2% after the company was upgraded at Deutsche Bank to buy from hold, citing valuation and expectations for re-accelerating growth.

Metabasis Therapeutics
MBRX, -7.50%
added 5.3% after the company said it raised $41.3 million in a private placement. The San Diego-based biopharmaceutical company said it's sold 7 million common shares for $5.86 each, and 2.45 million warrants to purchase its common stock at $6.74 a share.

Metal Storm Ltd.
MTSX
rose 6% after the company signed a 1-year contract with the Department of Energy to conduct research and development of a short-range weapon system. The contract is valued at $216,000. The deal marks Metal Storm's first research and development contract with applications in the U.S. homeland security market, the company said.

NRG Energy
NRG, +0.92%
shares advanced 5% after the company agreed to acquire Texas Genco LLC in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $8.3 billion. See full story.

PRG-Schultz International Inc.
PRGX, +0.92%
rose 4.4% after the company said its board has approved a restructuring plan that calls for the elimination of roughly 378 jobs, about 14% of its worldwide workforce. The Atlanta-based provider of recovery auditing services expects to record charges totaling $8.5 million from the plan in the third and fourth quarters.

Pride International
PDE
shares surged almost 2% after Banc of America lifted its rating on the stock to buy from neutral.

Ross Stores
ROST, -0.14%
shares advanced 2.2% after the company was upgraded at J.P. Morgan to neutral from overweight, citing a belief that the worst is behind the company.

ShopKo Stores
SKO, -12.64%
shares added 3% after the company received an unsolicited $26.50 a share buyout bid from Sun Capital Partners. The company said the bid could be expected to be seen as a superior bid to the merger agreement it currently has with Badger Retail Holding, which was raised to $25.50 on Friday. Sun Capital said it would take care of ShopKo's breakup fee obligation under its agreement with Badger.

Sun Microsystems
SUNW, +0.90%
shares gained 7% after the company said it and Google
GOOG, +1.22%
plan to hold a press conference on Tuesday to discuss a new "collaborative effort" between the companies. Sun Chief Executive Scott McNealy and Google CEO Eric Schmidt are scheduled to discuss the plans at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. Sun spokespeople wouldn't comment on what would be discussed at the meeting.

Teradyne
TER, -1.73%
tacked on 2.5% after the company was upgraded at Morgan Stanley to overweight from equal-weight.

Wabtec Corp.
WAB, -1.30%
shares rose 3% after the company's MotivePower unit received a $217 million contract with GO Transit, the Greater Toronto Transit Authority. The contract includes $112 million to build to build 27 commuter locomotives and a $105 million option for 26 additional locomotives, Wilmerding, Pa.-based Wabtec said.

Shares of Wal-Mart Stores
WMT, -0.57%
tacked on less than 1% after the Bentonville, Ark.-based Dow component said Saturday that it expects same-store sales to rise 3.8% in September. The previous projection from the world's biggest retailer was for an increase of between 2% and 4% for the period. Wal-Mart said it saw higher than forecast sales from its Sam's Club division due to increased gasoline prices. It also excluded from same-store sales about five locations that will remain closed for an extended period of times due to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. See full story.

Decliners

724 Solutions
SVNX
shares dropped 11.1% after the company said its subcontract with Hewlett-Packard
HPQ, -1.40%
to provide 724's access gateway product to Sprint is to be terminated, effective Oct. 31. 724, which expected the termination, said it believes the change could reduce its H-P revenue by as much as $500,000 per month.

ACE Ltd.
ACE, +3.70%
shares fell 2.5% after the Hamilton, Bermuda-based insurer said it would sell $1.25 billion of ordinary shares, using the proceeds for "growth opportunities" in its markets. A statement by the company didn't elaborate. The underwriters have an option on an additional $187.5 million of ordinary shares.

Affiliated Computer Services'
ACS, -25.88%
shares lost 5.3% after the company named Mark King chief executive officer, succeeding Jeff Rich, who is leaving to pursue other business ventures. Rich is also vacating his position on the company's board. King will continue to hold the president position at the company. Also, the Dallas-based technology services company secured a contract with a five-year base and three one-year options worth a total of $8.25 million to provide fiscal agent services for the state of New Mexico.

Ameriprise Financial
AMP, -1.24%
dipped 2.2% as the company began trading as an independent company on Monday. Ameriprise, the former American Express Financial Advisors unit, provides financial planning, asset management and insurance services and was officially spun off from American Express Co.
AXP, -0.64%
on Friday. American Express shareholders received one share of Ameriprise common stock for every five shares of American Express common they own. Approximately 246 million shares of Ameriprise were distributed. See full story.

Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd.
AHL, -0.09%
shares tumbled 12.7% after the company said it estimates its retained losses from Hurricane Katrina and the flooding of New Orleans, after recoveries from its outward reinsurance and the impact of outward and inward reinstatement premiums, at between $325 million and $400 million after taxes. The Hamilton, Bermuda, company said the losses are equal to gross losses of between $840 million and $925 million. Additionally, Aspen said that based on the range of estimated gross losses, the company will have exhausted its retrocessional outward reinsurance program protecting its property reinsurance and specialty reinsurance lines of business. Aspen also estimated its retained losses from Hurricane Rita between $50 million and $60 million after taxes, and gross losses between $150 million and $200 million.

Brandywine Realty Trust
BDN, +0.19%
shares fell 2.9% after the company agreed to acquire Prentiss Properties Trust
PP, +0.00%
in a deal valued at $3.3 billion, including 2.2 billion in cash and the assumption of debt and 35.5 million Brandywine common shares. Under terms of the deal, each Prentiss Properties share will be exchanged for $21.50 in cash and 0.69 Brandywine shares, based on a Brandywine share price of $31.16. The deal values Prentiss shares at $43 each, which represents a 5.9% premium to Friday's closing price of $40.60. The deal is expected to close in either the fourth quarter of 2005 or the first quarter of 2006. Prentiss shares rose 2.9% in midday action. See full story.

ConocoPhillips
COP, +0.96%
shares dipped 1.1% after the company warned that its third-quarter daily output would be lower than in the second quarter due to downtime related to the Hurricanes Rita and Katrina. However, prices the oil producer got for its crude and natural gas rose on a sequential basis, as did worldwide refining margins. See full story.

First BanCorp
FBP, +4.53%
shares dropped 7.4% after the company's chief executive and chief financial officer stepped down just over a month after the Puerto Rican financial holding company disclosed a Securities and Exchange Commission inquiry into its accounting. See full story.

The Geo Group
GGI, -8.57%
shares fell 4.6% after the company revised its fourth-quarter and 2006 financial forecasts after the governor of Michigan decided to close Geo's 480-bed Michigan Youth Correctional Facility. The Boca Raton, Fla.-based company now sees fourth-quarter earnings of 31 cents to 34 cents a share on revenue of $167 million to $174 million. For 2006, Geo sees earnings in the range of $1.70 to $1.80 a share on revenue of $725 million to $745 million.

Health Management Associates
HMA, +0.00%
slipped 1.8% after the company was downgraded at Lehman Bros. to equal-weight from overweight.

Lifepoint Hospitals
LPNT, +0.09%
fell 3% after the company was downgraded to equal-weight from overweight at Lehman Bros.

The Mosaic Co.
MOS, +2.17%
shares slumped 5.5% after the company posted fiscal first-quarter earnings of $76.1 million, or 18 cents a share, up from $41.1 million, or 16 cents a share in the same quarter a year ago. The fertilizer specialist said sales for the period ended August 31 2005 came in $1.4 billion, up from $720 million. Current earnings and sales figures are the result of the combined operations of the former Cargill Crop Nutrition and IMC Global Inc. Based on the results of the combined companies, the company would have earned $49.2 million, or 11 cents a share in the same quarter a year ago, on sales of $1.46 billion. Looking ahead, the Plymouth, Minn. company still sees 2006 capital expenditure between $350 million and $400 million.

NTL Inc.
NTLI
shares dipped 1.5% after the company agreed to acquire Telewest Global
TLWT
for about $6 billion. See full story.

Plantronics
PLT, -0.03%
shares lost 6.5% after the Santa Cruz, Calif., headset maker lowered its outlook for the second quarter due to weak demand for its corded mobile headset products, lower than anticipated revenue from its wireless office headset products, and a slippage in volume shipments of its Bluetooth consumer headsets. The company now sees earnings of 28 cents a share for the quarter on revenue of about $170 million. It said its Altec Lansing acquisition contributed a loss of 4 cents a share for the quarter and revenue of about $20 million. Its prior projection, excluding the impact of Altec Lansing, was for a profit of 39 to 43 cents a share on revenue of $160 million to $165 million. Plantronics anticipates operating margins of below 14% for the period, beneath its prior estimate of 16%-17%.

Reliant Energy
RRI, -1.92%
declined 4.4% after the company said it plans to sell its three power plants in New York City for $975 million to an investor group led by Madison Dearborn Partners and US Power Generating Co. Reliant acquired the facilities, with a combined 2,100 megawatts, through its purchase of Orion Power Holdings. Reliant said it would use the proceeds to pay down debt and for general corporate purposes.

R.H. Donnelley Corp.
RHD, -8.00%
fell 2% after the company agreed to acquire Dex Media Inc.
DEX, -0.20%
for about $4.2 billion in cash and stock, the yellow pages publishers said Monday. Donnelley will also assume approximately $5.3 billion in debt. Dex Media's stock slid 2.4% following the news.

School Specialty
SCHS, -17.39%
shares dropped 17.8% after the company said its deal to be acquired by an affiliate of Bain Capital Partners LLC won't close this week as anticipated because a portion of the financing related to the acquisition was terminated. The company believes the termination is related to "disappointing results in August and September and concerns about near-term financial and operating performance." The company received a notice from LBW Holdings, saying the purchase deal for $350 million worth of senior notes was terminated. Also, looking ahead, School Specialty forecast earnings before items of $2.17 to $2.31 a share for fiscal 2006 on revenue of between $1.03 billion and $1.06 billion. The current average estimate of analysts polled by Thomson First Call is for a profit of $2.53 a share for the year ending in April. The company cited difficulties related to start-up of its new distribution center in Lancaster, Pa., and a decline in incoming order flow from pre-K through 12 customers.

Sierra Wireless
SWIR, +0.34%
fell 4% after the company was downgraded to sector perform at RBC Capital Markets.

Syntroleum Corp.
SYNM
shares plunged 26% after the Tulsa, Okla., company said Lundin Petroleum plans to plug and abandon an appraisal well drilled off the coast of Nigeria. Syntroleum said in late August that it felt the Aje-3 well "could be an ideal location for Syntroleum's unique marine-based GTL technology."

Shares of Vitesse Semiconductor
VTSS
dropped 9% after the chipmaker lowered its fiscal fourth-quarter revenue outlook to $48 million from $52 million to $53 million. The company said it expects fiscal first quarter revenue of $53 million to $54 million, which is below the average analyst estimate compiled by Thomson First Call of $55.69 million. Vitesse blamed softness in its turns business and delays in production of its serial attached small computer systems interface products.

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